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College Kids Good for Hub's Real Estate; More!

HUB-WIDE—Apparently, our high rents may drive several sales this late summer and early autumn (and not necessarily for the reasons you think): "'I've had parents of students get frustrated with the huge price tag on some of the rentals here in the Boston area and they found that it made more sense to buy a condo for their child'..." [U.S. News]
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BACK BAY—A century-old Belgium elm, invaded by Dutch elm disease, has been chopped down in the Public Garden. "'When a grand old tree dies, it touches something deeply in everybody,' said Elizabeth Vizza, the executive director of Friends of the Public Garden." Indeed. [Boston.com]

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